Green Futures

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  • Veg Box News 24.02.14

    As I start this news letter the door to the office is wide open, the sun is streaming into the office and I can hear birds singing. It’s days like this that remind me why I love working here.

    On the landscape we have seedlings coming through all over the place; tomatoes, leeks, brassicas, broccoli, chillies and peppers.   The sunshine is helping our seeds but also is  bringing the weeds out, so we are now onto the ever present weeding.  As we don’t use any nasty chemical sprays on our crops, manual weeding is the way forward.  We are trialling the use of vinegar in some areas as this was recommended by the organic gardeners we visited in Lincoln.

    Last week we got a load of stuff from Strand Street Schools rooftop garden.  It was going to be dumped but we stepped in and rescued loads of planters, a shed and a small greenhouse as well as some very usable timber and cold frames.  Waste no want not.  Nothing in Nature is wasted, us humans need to remember that!

    We have the last of the spring hanging baskets for sale for £5 they have pansies, primulas and just coming up with miniature daffodils.  Order with your veg box or call on site.

    Last reminder this week… change you energy supplier to a Greener one using our referral code and we get £25 and you should save some money too!  http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/affiliates/green-futures, a green energy supplier whose electricity comes from certified renewables like sunshine, wind and rain.  Switch to Good Energy quoting GE2209 and help transform the way we make and use energy in the UK.

    Talking of referrals; We are pleased to support this little local festival C-FAB and will be running their General Store.

    http://www.c-fab.co.uk/?GF

    IF YOU FANCY GOING PLEASE BOOK USING THIS LINK AS WE GET A SMALL DONATION FOR HELPING PROMOTE THE FESTIVAL

    Thanks for your continued support,

    Sean, Kylie and the Veg box team.

    SPECIAL OFFER!!!!  RECOMMEND A FRIEND TO SIGN UP FOR A REGULAR DELIVERY IN FEB AND RECEIVE A FREE GIFT IN YOUR VEG BOX!  DONT FORGET TO GET THEM TO SAY THAT IT WAS YOU THAT RECOMMEND THEM SO WE CAN SAY THANKS.

    To promote Climate week we are having an open day Thurs 6th March 11am til 2pm Call on site there will be some stalls, items for sale and FREE workshops and activities, plus of course chance to look around site.

  • End of Year Report

    As a social enterprise we work in an open, transparent and honest way.  We like to share with our friends and supporters how we are doing and what our achievements and failings are.  We work hard to be an environmental, sustainable centre for North East Lincolnshire.   Our work covers a range of different activities and we touch many peoples lives in a variety of positive way.

    Our annual report is a summary of the things we  got up to in 2012/13 and some of the impressive stats we have achieved.   We were very lucky to get  support from Groundworks to fund ‘Thornley Hill’ designers to take our statistics and turn them into a fantastic annual report.  We present them here for you to view:

    Click link below to read/download

    End of Year Report

  • Veg Box News 17.02.14

     

    Rain, rain and more rain! Who wants to bet we still get a hosepipe ban in the summer? Thankfully, as we have our own water supply from the natural aquifer that sits under Bradley so we don’t have that as a problem. Our plants are mostly watered with the finest Lincolnshire chalk filtered water.

    On the landscape this week we have been doing prep-work in the poly tunnels and more tidying up. We’ve had a move around to enable us to create storage for the chipper we have acquired. We are pleased, as getting our own kit means we don’t have to rely on other people and become more self sustaining.

    This week we have picked up a trial contract for another local cafe so if that works out well, then again we will be moving towards being more self sustaining. The lottery funding we received runs out end of March so it is really important that we generate as much of our own revenue as we can. We are keen to try and get new customers in the streets that we already deliver to, so if you know your neighbours or fancy putting some post cards through a few doors, please do let us know.

    Sean was interviewed by Estuary TV, as we are the first place in Lincolnshire to sell British Baked Beans. Although they are made in Norfolk the food miles are still considerably less than normal baked beans, plus you are supporting British Farmers and helping grow crops that naturally put nitrogen in the soil, reducing the use of artificial fertilisers. You can of course order these with your veg box.

    We’re all about sustainability and are proud to be in partnership with Good Energy  http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/affiliates/green-futures, a green energy supplier whose electricity comes from certified renewables like sunshine, wind and rain.Switch to Good Energy quoting GE2209 and help transform the way we make and use energy in the UK. If you do we get £25!

    Thanks for your continued support,

    Sean, Kylie and the Veg box team.

    SPECIAL OFFER!!!! RECOMMEND A FRIEND TO SIGN UP FOR A REGULAR DELIVERY IN FEB AND RECEIVE A FREE GIFT IN YOUR VEG BOX! DONT FORGET TO GET THEM TO SAY THAT IT WAS YOU THAT RECOMMEND THEM SO WE CAN SAY THANKS

  • The Pantry Stock list 2014

    The Pantry Complete Stock List 11.09.13     – You can order these items with your veg box.  PLEASE KEEP FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.  Price correct at time of printing.  Stock levels may vary. 
    Pasta Manufacturer  Organic?  Weight  Cost
    White spaghetti Suma Organic 500g 99p
    Spelt white spaghetti Biona Organic 350g £3.99
    Wholemeal spaghetti Suma Organic 500g 99p
    Wholemeal Pasta Penne Suma Organic 500g 99p
    Tricolore Spirals Suma Organic 500g £1.15
    Wholewheat fusilli Suma Organic 500g 99p
    Fusilli Spelt Wholewheat Biona Organic 500g £2.09
    Rice Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Red camargue rice biona Organic 500g £3.29
    Arborio rice Suma Organic 500g £2.29
    Brown Basmatti Suma Organic 500g £2.05
    Short grain brown rice Suma Organic 500g £1.49
    Long grain brown rice Suma Organic £1.69
    Jasmine brown rice Biona Organic 500g £2.69
    Brown rice penne Doves Organic 500g £2.49
    Rice cakes + salt Kallo Organic 130g £1.69
    Risotto rice mix Biona Organic £2.45
    Short grain rice Suma Organic 750g £2.35
    Tins Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    6 bean mix Suma £0.95
    Baked Beans Suma Organic £0.95
    Butter beans Suma Organic 400g £0.75
    Cannellin beans Suma Organic £0.89
    Chopped tomatoes Suma Organic £0.69
    Sweetcorn Suma Organic 340g £1.19
    Baked Beans Biona Organic 400g £0.99
    Baked beans Bionova Organic 340g £1.39
    Aduki beans Suma Organic 400g £0.95
    Lentil and courgette soup Suma Organic 420g £1.29
    Pea soup Suma Organic 400g £1.29
    Mixed beans Suma Organic 400g £0.95
    Red kidney beans Suma Organic 400g £0.95
    Chick peas Suma Organic £0.89
    White kidney beans Suma Organic £1.09
    Chilli beans Biona £1.09
    Barley and bean soup Suma Organic £0.95
    British baked beans Hodmedod’s £1.19
    Vaal dahl Hodmedod’s £1.65
    Fava bean Hodmedod’s £0.99
    Whole water chestnuts Blue dragon £1.29
    Cooking Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Agave syrup 500ml £4.45
    Bouillon Powder Marigold 150g £1.75
    Coconut Milk Biona Organic 200ml £1.19
    Creamed Coconut Amaizin 200g £1.44
    Coconut milk Amaizin Organic 200ml £1.29
    Green Pesto Suma Organic 160g £2.59
    Liquid aminos Marigold 250ml £3.27
    Raw Choc Co Raw Cacao Powder Raw Health 200g £4.99
    Raw Coconut Sugar Raw 250g 4,49
    Red pesto, (vegan) Suma Organic 160g £2.59
    Rice miso Genmai Organic 300g £4.79
    Smoked firm tofu, Viana Viana Organic 250g £2.67
    Spelt Flour Bacheldre 1.5kg £3.59
    Stock cubes, veg Organic £1.49
    Tomato puree Suma Organic 99p
    Yeast Flakes (vegan) Engevita 125g £2.59
    Passata Suma Organic 690g £1.49
    Tempeh Yakso Organic 175g £2.95
    Tamari soy sauce Sanchi Organic 150ml £2.79
    Pump/ ginger noodles King soba Organic 250g £1.95
    Celery salt Suma 100g £0.85
    Sticky fig pudding Cartmel 250g £3.39
    Cranberry and apple stuffing 150g £3.50
    Risotto mix Biona 500g £2.45
    Cooking oil Cocobran 500ml £4.99
    Hemp oil Good oil 250ml £3.59
    Truvia tubs Truvia 270g £5.39
    Gravy sauce mix Free and easy 130g £1.65
    Herbs / Seasoning Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Basil (dried) Suma Organic 20g £1.05
    Black peppercorns Suma Organic 25g £1.05
    Ground black pepper Suma Organic 25g 99p
    Caraway seeds Suma 50g £0.85
    Himalayan pink coarse salt 300g £2.59
    Sea salt fine Broste 500g £2.19
    Turmeric (dried) Suma Organic 25g £1.10
    Ground turmeric Suma Organic 25g £0.99
    Tomato and basil Natures store 80g £1.85
    Sage Suma Organic 25g £1.05
    Parsley Suma Organic 15g £1.05
    Mixed herbs Suma Organic 20g £1.05
    Green cardamons Suma Organic 10g £1.45
    Biscuits Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Fig and quinoa cookies £1.19
    Stem ginger cookies (Gluten Free) Traidcraft 150g £1.59
    Stem ginger biscuits 10, Nairns Nairns 200g £1.59
    Breads Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Rye Hempseed Bread Biona Organic 500g £1.99
    Rye Chia Flax Bread Biona Organic 500g £1.85
    Rice bread sunflower seeds Biona Organic 500g £3.69
    Moroccan crispbread Easy bean 110g £2.95
    Snack bars Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Apple tart raw fruit & nut bar Nakd £1.24
    Cashew Cookie bar GLUTEN FREE Nakd 35g £0.85
    Cherry infused raisins Nakd 25g £0.45
    Chock Gogis Snack Pack Raw Health 32g £1.49
    Coconut with chia Coco Jack 65g £0.72
    Cocoa Coconut Flapjack Trek 50g £1.05
    Cocoa loco nibble bar Nakd 30g £0.65
    Crispy n chewy choc Traidcraft 30g £0.65
    Date walnut and pumpkin bar Eat Natural £0.89
    Doves banana/mango/brazil Doves Farm 40g £0.69
    Energy bomb banana/guarana Pulsin £1.59
    Fruit and nut bar Eat Natural £0.89
    Hazel nougat choc bar Organic 40g £0.85
    Mixed case Simply Scrummy 65g £0.69
    Banana bread crunch Nakd 30g £0.71
    Banana bread  nibble bar Nakd 30g £0.52
    Nutty seed tasty cereal bar 9 Bar £0.95
    Wholebake fruity 9 Bar 50g £0.85
    Ombar acai & blueberry , raw choc Raw Health 38g £2.15
    nakd 130g £2.07
    Original  hemp seed bar 9 Bar Organic £0.95
    Peanut hazel and almond bar Eat Natural £0.89
    Peanut 9 Bar 50g £0.85
    Vanoffee Dark Bar Raw chocolate co 44g £1.99
    Vanoffee dark mini Raw chocolate co 22g £0.99
    Raw Chocolate Bar Beond 35g £0.99
    Berry Cheeky nibble bar Nakd 30g £0.52
    Berry delight bits Nakd 130g £2.07
    Seed Stacked Bar-Carob Topped Flapjack Seed Stacked 50g £0.65
    Sesame Snaps Sesame snaps £0.29
    Sesame snaps (coconut) Sesame snaps £0.29
    Apple & cinnamon beond bar 35g £0.99
    Seseme Snaps Coconut 30g £0.29
    Simply scrummy bars Simply Scrummy £0.69
    cashew/coconut flapjack whole bake 80g £0.60
    Strawberry & Oat Bar Braw 35g £0.80
    Strawberry crunch bar Nakd £0.69
    Trek Bar Peanut and Oat Nakd 50g £1.25
    Yoghurt banana chips Suma £1.49
    choc co vanoffe dark mini Raw Health 22g £0.99
    Bliss Bar Pulsin 50g £1.35
    Peanut butter bar Clif bar 68g £1.60
    Chocolate almond fudge Clif bar 68g £1.49
    Dark chocolate coins Divine 75g £2.55
    Mine pie fudge 110g £2.69
    Raw Choc mulberries snack pack 32g £1.29
    Banana bites RAW Inspiral Organic 60g £1.39
    Simply strawberries 30g £0.99
    Cranberry/ orange biccy Walkers 150g £3.25
    Berry burst bar Pulsin 50g £1.59
    Crisps Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Chilli & lemon lentil crisps Cofresh 40g 63p
    Creamy Dil lentil crisps Cofresh 40g 63p
    Creamy Dill Chips CoFresh 45g £0.63
    Lentil Chilli & Lemon Chips CoFresh 45g £0.63
    Lentil Chilli & Lemon Chips. CoFresh 40g £0.63
    Lentil Chilli & Lemon Chips. CoFresh 113g £1.45
    Lentil Creamy Dill Chips CoFresh 40g £0.63
    Lentil Sea Salted Chips CoFresh 40g £0.63
    Lentil Tomato & Basil Chips CoFresh 40g £0.63
    Poppadom Curls, Chilli & Lemon Cofresh 80g 99p
    Sea salt crisps Cofresh 40g 63p
    Tomato & Basil Chips CoFresh 45g £0.63
    Tomato & Basil lentil crisps Cofresh 40g 63p
    Beetroot and garlic crackers 80g £3.12
    Oil / Vinegar Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Argan Oil Clearspring Organic 250ml £11.19
    Coconut Oil Biona Organic 200g £4.39
    Coconut Oil Higher Nature Organic 400g £10.50
    Coconut oil Odourless Biona 470ml £4.79
    Coconut oil Cocowel Organic 500ml £6.99
    Coconut Oil Virgin Coconoil 460g £6.75
    Cold pressed sunflower oil Suma Organic 500ml £2.99
    Extra virgin olive oil Suma 500ml £5.35
    Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Italian) Suma Organic 750ml £5.80
    Omega Oil Organic Clearspring Organic 500ml £3.95
    Rapeseed Oil Organic Organic 250ml £1.99
    Sesame Oil Clearspring Organic 500ml £4.89
    Toasted Sesame Clearspring Organic 250ml £3.35
    Balsamic Vinegar Suma Organic 250ml £4.25
    Apple Cider Vinegar Biona Organic 500ml £2.09
    Avacado oil Infinity Organic 250ml £7.19
    Dry food Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Aduki beans Suma Organic 500g £1.95
    Broth mix Suma 500g £1.55
    Brown lentils Suma 500g £1.15
    Cacao Nibs Organic Suma 100g £1.60
    Cane sugar Suma Organic 500g £2.45
    Chick peas Suma 500g £1.39
    Chick peas Suma Organic 400g 89p
    Millet Suma Organic 500g £1.55
    Moong Dahl Suma 500g £2.59
    Bean Mix Suma Organic 500g £2.65
    Yellow Split Peas Suma Organic 500g £1.59
    Bulgur Wheat Suma Organic 500g £1.69
    Red split lentils Suma Organic 750g £1.69
    Red lentils Suma Organic 500g 95p
    Sundried tomatoes Suma Organic 125g £1.85
    Wasabi peas, Spicy Suma 75g 87p
    Wholemeal couscous Suma Organic £1.55
    Split fava beans Hodmedod’s Organic 500g £2.29
    Split dried fava beans Hodmedod’s 500g £1.90
    Whole dried fava beans Hodmedod’s 500g £1.80
    Whole dried kabuki peas Hodmedod’s 500g £1.80
    Whole dried black badgers Hodmedod’s 500g £2.45
    Mixed pulses Hodmedod’s 500g
    Soya beans Suma Organic 500g £1.55
    Tea/coffee Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Bed Time Tea Yogi 17 Bags £2.19
    Classic instant coffee, Cafedirect Cafedirect 100g £4.99
    Earl grey Clipper Organic 50 bags £2.59
    Earl grey Kromland Farm 40 bags £2.65
    Earl grey rooibos 15 bags £3.19
    Ethiopia coffee union 227g £4.95
    Licorace Mint Tea Yogi 17Bags £2.19
    Green Tea Bags Qi Organic 25 Bags £1.29
    Sweet Lemon & Green Tea Organic 17 bags £2.29
    White tea and goji berry Qi 25 bags £1.49
    White tea Clipper Organic 26 bags £1.90
    Classic original bag Yogi 17 bags £2.19
    Blackcurrant and Acai Clipper 20 bags £2.00
    Energy cran hibiscus Yogi 17 bags £2.19
    Ginger kick higher living 15 bags £1.99
    Choco chilli tea Yogi Organic 17 bags £2.29
    Cereal Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Jumbo oats Organic 500g £1.85
    Gluten Free Porridge Oats Nairns G 450g £3.49
    Macas Secret (adults only) Muesli 400g £2.99
    Deluxe Muesli 500g Suma Organic 500g £2.15
    Seeds, Nuts & Berries Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Alfalfa Seeds Suma Organic 125g £1.85
    Almonds Suma Organic 125g £2.19
    Almonds Suma Organic 250g £3.99
    Devils claw root extract Flexiherbs £2.65
    Brazil nuts Suma Organic 125g £2.29
    Broken walnuts Suma 125g £1.89
    Cacao nibs Suma Organic 100g £1.60
    Cashew nuts Suma Organic 125g £2.85
    Coconut Dessicated Suma Organic 125g £0.99
    Coconut Chips Suma 150g £1.25
    Goji Berries Suma Organic 32g £1.49
    Goji Berries Pearls of sam Organic 100g £6.90
    Hazelnuts Suma Organic 125g £1.89
    Hemp seeds Suma Organic 125g £1.25
    Omega seed mix Suma Organic 125g £1.25
    Pumpkin seeds Suma Organic 125g £1.39
    Pumpkin seeds Suma Organic 250g £2.35
    Quinoa, Fairtrade Suma Organic 375g £3.25
    Red Quinoa Suma Organic 500g £4.15
    Sesame seeds Suma Organic 250g £1.65
    Sunflower seeds Suma Organic 125g 68p
    Sunflower seeds Suma Organic 250g £1.45
    Sesame seeds Suma Organic 125g 68p
    Hemp seeds Good shelled 200g £3.19
    Black mustard seeds Suma 50g £0.85
    Walnuts Suma Organic 225g £2.75
    Pine kenals Suma Organic 125g £5.79
    Whole almonds Suma Organic 1kg £14.00
    Golden linseed Suma Organic 250g £1.45
    Spread Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Peanut butter crunchy Suma Organic 340g £2.89
    vegtable ghee khyber 2lb £3.65
    raw r/forest nutbutter Carley’s 170g £4.65
    Pure coconut butter Tiana Organic 350ml £4.99
    Almond butter Raw Health 170g £3.99
    Peanut butter smooth Suma Organic 340g
    Crunchy almond butter Meridian Organic 170g £2.79
    Superseed Spread Raw Health 170g £2.79
    White Almond Butter RAW Carley’s 170g £3.75
    Hazelnut butter Raw health 170g £4.69
    Tahini Raw health 170g £2.55
    Drinks Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Acai juice Berry Co 1L £2.29
    Acai juice Berry Co 250ml £1.09
    Blueberry juice Berry co 250ml £1.09
    Cherry tree cola Fentimans 275ml £1.35
    Coconut Fruit Ice Smooze 65ml £3.59
    Coconut milk original Koko 250ml £1.89
    Coconut Water Chi 1L £3.49
    Coconut Water 350ml £1.99
    Curiosity cola Fentimans 275ml £1.35
    Orange Jigger Fentimans 275ml £1.35
    Dandelion & Burdock Fentimans 275ml £1.35
    Goji Berry Berry Co 1L £2.29
    Goji Berry Berry Co 250ml £1.09
    Milk Almond Cacoa Ecomil 1L £2.65
    Milk Hazelnut Ecomil Organic 1L £3.15
    Still natural spring water HighLand Spring 500ml 45p
    Still natural spring water Highland Spring 1.5L 75p
    Pink Guava Fruit Ice Smooze 10X65ml £3.59
    Rice dream Hazelnut & almond drink 1L £1.99
    Rose Lemonade Fentimans 276ml £2.35
    Scheckters energy Scheckters Organic 250ml £1.62
    Sour cherry juice Proganic Organic 250ml £1.69
    Sparkling Lemon & Lime Cawston Press 330ml £1.15
    Victorian Lemonade Fentimans 275ml £1.35
    Pomegranate juice Biona 200ml £1.69
    Pomegranate juice Biona 1L £4.79
    Cranberry juice Proganic 125ml £1.39
    Ginger beer Fentimans 275ml £1.35
    Oat alternative to cream Oatly 225ml £1.09
    Cherry pure super juice Acerola 330ml £5.25
    Pure English apple juice Duskin 1L £1.95
    Coconut milk Koko 1L £1.69
    Waltham kitchen preserves & pickles Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Balsamic Mustard W. Kitchen £2.60
    Caramalised  Onion Chutney W. Kitchen £3.50
    Fig and apple Chutney W. Kitchen £3.70
    Gin & tonic pickled onions W. Kitchen £3.50
    Hazelnut caramel W. Kitchen £4.00
    Kashmir chutney W. Kitchen £3.50
    Lincolnshire Ale pickle W. Kitchen £3.50
    Orange, lemon & grapefruit marmalade W. Kitchen £3.00
    Dowerhouse Chutney W. Kitchen £3.50
    Tomato chutney W. Kitchen £3.50
    Clementine + whiskey marmalade W. Kitchen £3.50
    Cranberry, orange + port sauce W. Kitchen £2.20
    Pina colada jam W. Kitchen £3.70
    Luxury mincemeat with whiskey W. Kitchen £4.00
    Super foods Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Burst maca root powder Organic 100g £5.99
    Cacao powder, Raw choc 200g £4.99
    Health Og Barley Grass 100 Dru 100g £9.25
    Pea protein powder, Pulsin 250g £5.99
    Pomegranate Molasses 250ml £3.25
    Raw Choc co cacao butter Raw Health 240g £7.99
    Spirulina Organic Burst Organic 100g £10.50
    Cleaning products / Toiletries Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    100% Recycled Aluminum foil £2.49
    Bodywash weleda £1.99
    Sea buckthorn body wash weleda 200ml £4.64
    buckthorn hand cream weleda 50ml £9.95
    Active silver higher nature 15ml £7.95
    Baking soda paste Kingfisher 100ml £2.85
    Aloe Vera Skincare Gel ESI 200g £5.65
    Dishwasher tablets, Ecover Ecover 25 tabs £4.04
    Essential oil -Lavender Aqua Oleum 10ml £4.35
    Essential Oil -Sandlewood Aqua Oleum 10ml £6.25
    Essential Oil -Tea Tree Aqua Oleum £4.10
    Essential Oil Sinus blend-snotblaster Aqua Oleum 10ml £3.99
    Liquid hand soap, Ecoleaf Ecoleaf 500ml £3.69
    Laundry Liquid Ecoleaf 1.5L £5.99
    Mint fluoride free, Kingfisher Kingfisher 100ml £2.89
    Minty floride free toothpaste, Green people Green People £3.50
    Multi surface cleaner, Ecoleaf Ecoleaf £2.29
    Sarakan toothpaste Sarakan 50ml £2.39
    washing up liquid zero 750ml £1.75
    Toilet cleaner, Ecoleaf Ecoleaf £1.99
    Washing Powder 6 X 900 Ecoleaf 900g £4.45
    Washing up liquid Ecoleaf 1L £2.35
    Handwash Mizu Cream Almond Suma 250ml £3.99
    ply kitchen towel 2 rolls £1.59
    Cotton wool pads Organic 100 £1.99
    Heavy duty sponge scourers Ecoforce 2 pk £0.95
    Other Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Barbecue Traidcraft £3.50
    Vitamin D tablets Together 30 caps £5.99
    Vitamin C tablets Together 30 caps £6.99
    Citricidal Higher Nature 25ml £6.40
    Frozen Foods Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    frzn tempeh impulse organic 227g £2.69
    Val’s Jams Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Plum jam with amaretto £3.00
    Plum jam with whiskey £3.00
    Plum jam with port £3.00
    Whiskey marmalade £3.00
    Damson jam £2.50
    Beetroot jewel £2.50
    Raspberry jam £2.00
    Plum and ginger jam £2.50
    Rubarb and ginger conserve £2.50
    Spiced rubarb and ginger chutney £2.50
    Spiced plum chutney £2.50
    Pear chutney £2.50
    Pumpkin and apple chutney £2.50
    marrow and red onion chutney £2.50
    Spiced plum and ginger chutney £2.50
    Spicy apple chutney £2.50
    Apple and tomato chutney £2.50
    Rubarb and ginger chutney £2.50
    Marrow and ginger jam £2.50
    Bramble jam £2.00
    Courgette chutney £2.50
    Plum jam £2.00
    Greengage jam £2.50
    Runner bean and courgette chutney £2.50
    courgette and tomato chutney £2.50
    Other items can be ordered, Please Enquire.

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    We’re proud to be in partnership with Good Energy http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/affiliates/green-futures, a green energy supplier whose electricity comes from certified renewables like sunshine, wind and rain.

    They’re not only developing new wind and solar farms across the country, they also support a growing community of over 55,000 independent renewable generators across the country, who are making the most of the natural elements around them.

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  • Veg Box News 03.02.14

    Many of you will know about our break in last week. The third time we have been targeted. This makes us very cross and is a real insult to the good work that we do. We are very sorry that several of the boxes last week were packed wrongly but we had a nightmare of a week and had a new volunteer helping us in the veg room. Hopefully this week we are all back to normal. Don’t forget if you had anything not up to standard or missing from your box, then do let us know and we will give you a replacement for free the following week. We offer a quality guarantee with all our boxes.

    Out on the landscape we have been busy chopping and bagging logs. We sell them for £4 a potato sack full.

    Also we have been busy planting out seeds and moving seedlings into pots ready for planting out as the weather warms. We have some really interesting looking veg for the summer, today for example one of our volunteers was planting sweet chocolate pepper seeds!

    This is the week of the increase in price of the small boxes to £6. Thanks for the messages of support and understanding. Our price still remain very competitive, the £6 veg box this week would have cost you £6.60 from leading supermarkets when compared with equivalent veg.

    Last week we took delivery of British Baked Beans! These are from a company in Norfolk and make use of Fava beans. They are very tasty and buying them supports British Farmers and help our social enterprise project survive. Hodmedod, the company producing them, are also looking at growing Quinoa and producing a range of other products. We sell not only thier baked beans in a rich tomato sauce, but also plain and dried beans and peas and a lovely Dhal. Order with your veg box to give them a try.

    Thanks, Sean, Kylie and the Veg box team.

    Green Futures Plant Supplies

    House Plants and Outdoor Plants
    Vegetables and Herbs
    Trees and Shrubs
    Very Reasonable Prices

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  • Veg Box News 27.01.14

    So this week is the LAST week for the £5 boxes they go up to £6 next delivery. Amazing how quickly January has gone, did many of you keep to your new years resolutions. We know at least one customer that tried out VEGANUARY and kept to a very healthy vegan diet for a month. Now that is a bit much for a lot of people, but obviously eating lots of veg and less meat is a far healthier way to live.

    We hope you enjoy the purple sprouting broccoli, we are currently chatting to a grower over near Epworth who grows organic white sprouting broccoli, fingers crossed we can economically get some of that! The potatoes this week are Victoria and make super roast potatoes. The Caulis are Lincolnshire grown and from Boston this week.

    I managed to make the recipe from last week and it was lovely. The pear and celariac really worked well together, I was a bit surprised. I turn this week to a recipe from the Guardian and Hugh FW.

    Out on the landscape the dreary wet days make for hard work so we have turned to getting the fruit poly tunnel ready. This year we are planting Guava and have fitted a simple irrigation system using old hose pipes, kindly donated. Inside we have also started propagating some seedlings, peppers, chillies and a few other early starters. Elsewhere we have been conditioning the soil by adding in manure and compost, getting ready for the growing season.

    Last week we took delivery of a couple of new ranges of food, don’t for get you can order with your veg box or pop out to the van. Every £1 you spend with us stays in the community longer and help our charitable community work. We have a number of organic, healthy alternative products as well vegan, vegetarian and gluten free foods. We also sell fluoride free toothpaste and environmentally friendly toiletries and cleaning products.

    Last week I mentioned that we need to get another 20 customers to meet our targets. I am particularly interested to hear from anyone that thinks their place of work might let us deliver a few boxes as this is a real winner from the point of view of efficiency and reducing food miles.

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    Thanks, Sean, Kylie and the Veg box team.

  • Veg Box News 20.01.14

    I don‘t know if you find that when you have been away for awhile it takes a while to get back into the swing of things? Certainly it felt manic here last week. We ran out of parsnips for the Friday boxes so had to swap them for calabrese (Broccoli), if this happened to you hopefully you didn’t mind! With the nature of our work this happens sometimes as we don‘t quite harvest as much as we hoped or we get to one of our suppliers/farmers and they just dont have enough of a particular crop, its just the nature of small scale production. Thankfully we have lovely understanding customers!

    The frosty morning today made the land glisten. The silver sheen somehow makes the landscape look different. The leeks will be a bit sweeter and some of the bugs and pests will be killed off, helping to bring harmony to the ebb and flow of the cycle of life.

    In the £10 box this week we have given customers spring onions and radishes that we have been carefully growing in our poly-tunnel; savour them, as we only managed to grow a few! We also have a few interesting winter leafy salad bits; the first to be ready is an interestingly flavoured and slightly peppery land cress. You can order a bag for 75p as an extra with your veg box. (again only limited supplies) We also have a few fresh Bolivian rainbow/Burning Ember chillies £1 a bag if you want a bit of warming up!

    Some of you may know that in the storms of December one of our poly tunnels was destroyed by the wind, ripping off the poly cover and flapping it about like an old flag. I am pleased to tell you that the kind souls at the YMCA have funded the £500 needed to buy a new cover. We will be replacing it as soon as we get some warm weather in March.

    If I can ask you to get your thinking caps on as we are going to do a big push to get an extra 20 customers in February. For the last 18 Months we have been funded by the National Lottery Local Food Grants and they want us to work with more people. I will remind you again but this is just a quick heads up! I’ve not had chance to try the recipe but it sounded very interesting!

  • Veg Box News 13.01.14

    Veg Box News 13.01.14

    Happy new year & greetings from your 1st vegbox news of 2014. Can we first of all thank all the lovely customers that ordered our special Xmas box. We had more orders than last year & the feedback has been very positive.

    So our winter boxes being filled with seasonal veg always seem sadly lacking in much variety, but in our efforts of keeping to seasonal and British produce we have to give you what fits this description. As we make more contacts with other growers then we hope to be able to find a couple of other veg that we can include. Sometimes the lack of veg or when we can’t get produce of good enough quality, it means we have to go further afield but where ever possible we provide you with our own grown or UK grown produce. This is why our veg keeps so well, the time from farm to fork is far shorter than the supermarkets usually offer.

    After much deliberation and following feedback from some of our customers we have taken the difficult decision to increase the price of the £5 veg box to £6. This is our first price increase in 3 years. THIS TAKES EFFECT FROM THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY. The additional cost is due the increase in veg prices. So far we have dealt with increases by reducing our profit and reducing the amount we put in the box. Some weeks this has meant that we (and some of our customers) haven’t been happy with the amount of veg in the box. Having the box at £5 reduces the range of veg we can offer you. The increase to £6 brings the cost in line with other box schemes. The prices per kilo are staying the same, so you are still getting very good value for money, it is just the individual price of the box is having to be increased to give more flexibility with the contents.  We hope you understand our thinking and are still able to support us. Obviously if you call on site to collect the box then the price will be £5.50 (as each box has a 50p delivery charge). 

    On site last week some of you may have seen the wassail ceremony conducted by the Grimsby Morris-men. There was the performance of a traditional plough play and plenty of singing and dancing. It was a great day and the Apple Trees of Lincolnshire can feel rightly blessed. We served up some rather tasty soup and it was lovely to have so many visitors on site.

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    Thanks, Sean, Kylie and the Veg box team.

  • No such thing as FREE Delivery

    One of the questions we’ve been asked is why we don’t do free delivery.  The reason is simple because THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREE DELIVERY!  When a company puts ‘free delivery’ what they really mean is ‘the cost of the delivery is recovered from you as part of our mark up of our prices and is bundled under the heading of overheads‘.  We discussed this policy and decided it was actually better and a clearer policy to charge a stated fee for delivery.

    As a social enterprise and in the name of transparency we try to share with people how we do stuff.  We have a duty to make a profit so we survive, but we also have a duty to act in a socially responsible and clear way.   Green Futures is not like ordinary businesses.

    Any delivery service has a cost, be this the running costs of the vans including, purchase, maintenance, fuel and of course the cost to the environment.  To us Free delivery sends the wrong message as there is always a cost, no delivery is truly FREE.

    By having a clear and fixed delivery fee there is a benefit to you calling to site and you know exactly what it is costing you.  With a  delivery charge, anyone that calls to site can get the delivery fee off the price of the boxes.

    We currently charge 50p for delivery to most locations in North East Lincolnshire and £1 for areas on the edge and out of North East Lincolnshire where we only have a few customers. By having a clear and fixed delivery fee we are able to remove this charge for customers who collect their box from site.

    We hope this answers your question and helps you think about how similar projects operate.